Near-fatal hypermagnesaemia - Time to revisit over-the-counter medication [6]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-212

  Harper, K ^a   Eley, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE;

DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MALE;

EID: 0036259077     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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2. Hypermagnesemia and intestinal perforation following antacid administration in a premature infant
3. Fatal hypermagnesemia in a child treated with megavitamin/megamineral therapy
4. Agents affecting volume and composition of body fluids
5. Over-the-counter cold medications: A critical review of clinical trials between 1950 and 1991
6. Over-the-counter medications: Do parents give what they intend to give?